What are you labeled?

[Cajones 0]

DZ folks started calling me "Freak" when there were just a couple of us freeflying (or trying, I should say). Fortunately a guy named "Freak" came for a Boogie a couple of years ago - and never left - so they went back to calling me Cajones.
Here's an interesting twist... The DZO keeps teetering on the names issue. He feels it's "unprofessional" to call people "Freak" or "Cajones" and wants the staff to call each other "Jason" and "Ed." Whaddya' think?

The laws of physics are strictly enforced.

[jraf 0]

Well at least most people call me what I am: Crazy asshole jerk with a death wish

jraf

Me Jungleman! Me have large Babalui.
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[ernokaikkonen 0]

>He feels it's "unprofessional" to call people "Freak" or "Cajones" and
> wants the staff to call each other "Jason" and "Ed." Whaddya' think?

Unprofessional my ass! Calling people "Freak" and "Cajones" just gives the guys in question much more DZ-credibility. I bet the DZO is just jealous because he doesn't have such a cool name!

[happythoughts 0]

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Here's an interesting twist... The DZO keeps teetering on the names issue. He feels it's "unprofessional" to call people "Freak" or "Cajones" and wants the staff to call each other "Jason" and "Ed." Whaddya' think?

First off, people who come to a dz may want a little "atmosphere". They may
want to tell their friends that they jumped with "Cajones", not "Ed". Better story.
Second, if you call everyone Jason or Ed, your going to end up having to use last names too.

[Cajones 0]

Actually his name is "MalOlar" - when he jumped a lot his ass was notorious for needing a fresh gerbil (sorry, Bile)...

The laws of physics are strictly enforced.

[Sassy 0]

I'm called Sassy, because well.....um.....I am.

[PhreeZone 20]

Lets see... we have a Treeboy, Rastas, Scotty too Hotty and a few other names that appear on the staff manifest sheet every week. I doubt the DZO minds about nicknames.

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And tomorrow is a mystery

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[Zennie 0]

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The DZO keeps teetering on the names issue. He feels it's "unprofessional" to call people "Freak" or "Cajones" and wants the staff to call each other "Jason" and "Ed." Whaddya' think?

Hell, at Spaceland I didn't know Hoop & Rabbitt's real names for ages. If your DZO has a hangup with nicknames I think you need to find an new DZ, cuz that's lame.

I agree with Bill. Particularly with one-timers, the nicknames are sort of what makes the experience, especially if they are interesting ones.

- Z
"Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

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I'm called Sassy, because well.....um.....I am.

What if you were late to dinner? Would they call you Skinny?

[Sassy 0]

LOL.....probably not. They'd still call me Sassy because of what my attitude would be .
Another thing I'm sometimes called is Brat....and sometimes Sassy Brat....LOL. They all fitI'm a handful...fun but a handful

[Skitzo 0]

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If your DZO has a hangup with nicknames I think you need to find an new DZ, cuz that's lame.

Here Here. nicknames are so funny. Some of them have incredibly hilarious stories behind them.
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"How do you keep your feet on the ground when you know you were born to fly?"

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Here Here. nicknames are so funny. Some of them have incredibly hilarious stories behind them.

I'm going for "Enormous Tool". There's no story behind it, it's just a rumor that I'm trying to spread.

[Push 0]

We have a skydiver at our DZ who goes by the nick "Thumper", apparently because he hits the ground a lot. He refuses to tell me his real name. Anyway, it was my second jump and he was the instructor. We are on my jump run and he does the usual "How do you feel?" thing with low timers. To reassure him I'm good to go I decide to call him by name. Problem is, he didn't tell me his nick before we took off, so I had to read it off his shirt. His shoulder straps were over part of his name, so what I ended up calling him was "Humper"
That made a pretty good story

[Skitzo 0]

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I'm going for "Enormous Tool". There's no story behind it, it's just a rumor that I'm trying to spread.

ROFLMAO
And then the next post after yours, Thumper,then he winds up getting called Humper! OMG thats some funny shit!
See.............where would we be w/o nicknames?
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"How do you keep your feet on the ground when you know you were born to fly?"

[AggieDave 6]

Rabbit has a real name?

I'm labeled a red neck half the time. Rabbit named me "Cornfed" the first time I met him. For a number of years I was called "Colonel or "The Colonel." For a while I was called "Tackleberry" (you know, from police academy).

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[QuickDraw 0]

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Your Boss>Asshole

ahhhh....so they are complimenting me then ?

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I'm fucking winning

[prepheckt 0]

how about aerial badass....

"Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet."
-9 toes